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Fatty tumorFatty Fat"ty, a.
Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy;
gross; as, a fatty substance.
Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of
monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so
called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic
acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves
fatlike substances.
Fatty clays. See under Clay.
Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which
the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are
so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the
efficient parts of these organs.
Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver,
etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration
or infiltration.
Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an
excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without
destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose
tissue; lipoma. Gummy tumorGummy Gum"my, a. [Compar. Gummer (?); superl. Gummirst.]
Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing
gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. --Milton.
Then rubs his gummy eyes. --Dryden.
Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma. Heterologous tumorHeterologous Het`er*ol"o*gous, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ?
proportion.]
Characterized by heterology; consisting of different
elements, or of like elements in different proportions;
different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.
Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.
Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure
from the normal tissues of the body. Phantom tumorPhantom Phan"tom, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF.
fant[^o]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to show. See
Fancy, and cf. Pha["e]ton, Phantasm, Phase.]
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a
specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal
image.
Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope.
She was a phantom of delight. --Wordsworth.
Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.
Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the
abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus,
etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but
disappearing upon the administration of an an[ae]sthetic. Sonorous tumorSonorous So*no"rous, a. [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a
sound, akin to sonus a sound. See Sound.]
1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a
sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as,
the vowels are sonorous.
4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and
familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful
and sonorous in the expression. --Addison.
There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian
balance in his style. It is as often marked by a
pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. --E.
Everett.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a
cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
Sonorous figures (Physics), figures formed by the
vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical
tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge
of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and
the sand arranges itself in figures according to the
musical tone. Called also acoustic figures.
Sonorous tumor (Med.), a tumor which emits a clear,
resonant sound on percussion. -- So*no"rous*ly, adv. --
So*no"rous*ness, n. Tumored
Tumored Tu"mored, a.
Distended; swelled. [R.] ``His tumored breast.' --R. Junius.
Tumorous
Tumorous Tu"mor*ous, a. [L. tumorosus inflated.]
1. Swelling; protuberant. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
2. Inflated; bombastic. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Meaning of Tumor from wikipedia
- This
abnormal growth usually forms a m****,
which may be
called a
tumour or
tumor. ICD-10
classifies neoplasms into four main groups:
benign neoplasms, in...
- A
brain tumor occurs when
abnormal cells form
within the brain.
There are two main
types of
tumors:
malignant (cancerous)
tumors and
benign (non-cancerous)...
- A
benign tumor is a m**** of
cells (
tumor) that does not
invade neighboring tissue or
metastasize (spread
throughout the body).
Compared to
malignant (cancerous)...
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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are
neoplasms that
arise from
cells of the
endocrine (hormonal) and
nervous systems. They most
commonly occur in the intestine...
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tumors into
cartilage tumors,
osteogenic tumors,
fibrogenic tumors,
vascular tumors of bone,
osteoclastic giant cell-rich
tumors,
notochordal tumors,...
- Wilms'
tumor or
Wilms tumor, also
known as nephroblastoma, is a
cancer of the
kidneys that
typically occurs in
children (rarely in adults), and occurs...
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invade or
spread to
other parts of the body.
These contrast with
benign tumors,
which do not spread.
Possible signs and
symptoms include a lump, abnormal...
- the term is
typically used when
referring to
metastasis by a
cancerous tumor. The
newly pathological sites, then, are
metastases (mets). It is generally...
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Spinal tumors are
neoplasms located in
either the
vertebral column or the
spinal cord.
There are
three main
types of
spinal tumors classified based on...
- A
primary tumor is a
tumor growing at the
anatomical site
where tumor progression began and
proceeded to
yield a
cancerous m****. Most
solid cancers develop...
